Afang took off his phoenix crown and placed it on the table, revealing the face of the Queen of Qin.

Afang's appearance is not ugly, but he is certainly not very beautiful either.

Her eyes are slightly bigger, her face is slightly wider, and her complexion is slightly darker. Not to mention compared to the concubines of the First Emperor, even compared to most of the palace ladies, Afang's appearance does not have the upper hand.

In this harem full of beauties, Afang's appearance can only be described as average, not outstanding at all.

But it happened that the First Emperor chose her to be the head of the Harem of the Qin Dynasty and the Queen of the Qin Dynasty.

Even when Afang was infertile and would have nothing to produce in his life, the First Emperor still never thought about deposing his wife.

The First Emperor required all the sons and princesses in the harem to recognize Afang as their mother and call him their mother and queen.

If she has no children, then the other concubines in the harem will have children, and they will all be A Fang Daughters.

The First Emperor treated Afang very favorably.

Afang's rear position is untouchable.

When Ying Fusu heard this, he had a look of helplessness on his face.

Dazheng Palace is the residence of Ying Fusu. It is an entire palace with multiple rooms inside.

Afang enters from the front hall, passes through the middle hall, goes around the side hall, and enters the back hall.

She looked through all seven rooms in Dazheng Palace, stared at Ying Fusu's new bed and said, "The color of this bed..."

He walked forward and reached out to touch the wood of the bed. A strange color flashed in A Fang's eyes.

"I see, this wood is different from the wood in my palace. According to regulations, all beds in the palace should be made of rosewood. How come they use elm wood?"

A Fang's voice was soft and soft.

But when a person can easily decide the life or death of others, no matter how gentle the person's voice is, it sounds majestic to the ears of those who have no control over life and death.

The two eunuchs were shivering, their eyes were wandering, their heads were lowered and they were trembling slightly.

"Bold! No one responded to the Queen's question. Do you all want to die?"

Maid Afang looked angry, glanced at all the eunuchs and maids in Ying Fusu's bedroom, and scolded.

Just looking at the surface, she is more majestic than Queen Afang.

Ying Fusu sighed lightly, stepped forward slowly, and said: "Mother, my son likes the elm bed, so I ordered someone to replace it."

When the two eunuchs standing against the wall heard this, their hearts calmed down, their breathing gradually calmed down, and their bodies no longer trembled.

They lowered their heads and did not see the maid Afang's eyes lingering on them for a breath longer when she was scolding.

"You like elm beds." The queen repeated, "Then tell your mother why you don't like rosewood and prefer elm."

How does Ying Fusu know the difference between rosewood and elm wood?

He studied Confucianism and read hundreds of classics. How could he know this kind of knowledge that only a carpenter would know?

After pondering for a moment, Fang said: "The rosewood bed that Fusu used before was baked by charcoal fire and cracked in many places. Fusu used too much strength one day and broke the rosewood bed. When he wanted them to change the bed, he asked them to make it with elm wood.

Of."

A Fang chuckled.

"The woody fragrance of rosewood can soothe the mind and help you sleep. Although the wood is easy to be eaten by insects, it is naturally not easy to dry out."

Ying Fusu's face turned red and he wanted to say something.

Tuk Tuk ~

Afang knocked on the elm bed, listening to the dull sound of the elm wood, and said: "The grain of the elm wood is very beautiful, and the hardness and toughness are also good. If you say that you like the pattern and texture, the queen will believe you. But

You want to say that charcoal roasting will cause drying and cracking. The disadvantage of fusu and elm is that it does not dry well."

Afang looked around the elm bed, pointed at the elm bed with one hand, and called Ying Fusu over with the other hand.

Ying Fusu came closer and looked along Afang's finger, and saw a small crack.

Afang touched Ying Fusu's head and said softly: "My mother tells you that elm wood is easier to crack than rosewood."

Ying Fusu had a look of disdain on his face.

Afang turned his head and glanced at the maid beside him.

The maid understood this and walked to the two eunuchs who were trembling just now.

He grabbed the hem of a eunuch's shirt with one hand and pulled hard.

The two eunuchs were pulled to their knees.

The maid's face was filled with anger, and she said angrily: "Who gave you the courage to replace yellow pear wood with elm wood!"

The two eunuchs looked at each other and exchanged glances - blaming the matter on the eldest son.

While kowtowing to Afang, he explained loudly.

"It's unfair! It was the eldest son who asked the juniors to change it!"

"The two of us are completely following the eldest son's orders!"

Ying Fusu turned his head and looked at the two eunuchs with a trace of unbearable expression on his face. He said to Afang: "Fusu mistakenly believed that elm wood dries much better than rosewood. That's why he made this mistake and refused to do their business."

After hearing this, the two eunuchs cried out that they were wronged. Their voices became louder and they became more confident.

Afang listened to the shouts of the two eunuchs, and there was a hint of unbearability in his eyes, but he still nodded gently to the maid.

The maid got Afang's permission and immediately shouted: "You two dare to deceive the queen, you will be killed with a stick!"

The two eunuchs were shocked.

"What an injustice! Eldest Young Master, please save me!"

"Eldest Young Master, we both act in accordance with the Eldest Young Master's words and deeds, and there is not a single lie!"

"Wait a minute!"

Ying Fusu stopped the queen's maid who was about to go out and call the official to come in and drag the two eunuchs away.

He bowed deeply to Queen Afang and said, "Queen Mother, this fact is Fusu's fault. If Queen Mother punishes her, then she should punish Fusu."

"You have studied Confucianism since you were a child. Which Confucian classic asked you to deceive your parents? If you do this dishonest thing again, I will invite your majesty to come here. Let's see if it was your fault that the yellow pear tree turned into an elm tree, or was it your fault?

It’s the fault of these two eunuchs.”

This time, before Ying Fusu could say anything, the two eunuchs were already crying, and they knelt and crawled to the feet of Afang.

"Queen, please calm down. Queen, please calm down. We are obsessed with money and have replaced the yellow pear wood with elm wood!"

"This matter has nothing to do with the eldest son, it is all my fault!"

The two took the initiative to admit their mistake because they knew it.

The queen's punishment was to drag them out and kill them with sticks, and only two of them died.

If when the First Emperor came and found out that they not only stole the palace property, but also dared to blame the eldest son for their fault, they would definitely be disgraced.

Whether one person dies or three clans die, everyone will settle the score.

Afang looked at Ying Fusu and said, "What else do you want to tell your mother?"

Ying Fusu said: "The Analects of Confucius says: The father hides for his son, and the son hides for his father, and that's all there is to it. It means that the father hides for his child, and the child hides for his father, and that's where integrity lies. Today Fusu is hiding for him.

Hiding the lives of the two of them from the mother is also an honest move. It is just a small amount of property, so why risk the lives of the two of hers. Please forgive the queen of both of them."

Afang sat on Ying Fusu's bed, pulled Ying Fusu to sit down, sniffed and said, "There is no scent of yellow pear wood these days. How can my son sleep well?"

"I don't feel any discomfort."

"If my mother were here, I wouldn't be able to sleep well. I went back to the palace today and I couldn't sleep well either."

Afang stared at the two eunuchs who were kneeling in front of her, fearful and begging for mercy.

"My son has been bullied by others. How can a mother sleep peacefully?"

"Queen mother..."

"I'll ask you again, why is Dazheng Palace so deserted?"

At this moment, there are thirteen eunuchs and maids in the Dazheng Palace, which cannot be called deserted.

But considering the status of Ying Fusu, the eldest son of the Qin Dynasty, the number of people is much smaller. There must be at least twenty-two people on duty.

"The night is deep and Fusu doesn't need so many people to serve him. I want them to go back first."

"Did you take the initiative or did they request it?" Afang looked into Ying Fusu's eyes and said, "Don't deceive your mother again, otherwise I will have to invite your father to come here."

"...They said they were feeling unwell and asked to come back early, but Fusu personally agreed. The queen mother did not want Fusu to become a person who broke his word."

Afang stood up.

Wherever her eyes looked at the eunuch, the maid would lower her head and dare not look directly at her.

The Empress of Da Qin walked slowly for two steps, turned her back to Ying Fusu and said, "You have been locked up by your uncle for ten days and you still haven't come out? If your mother misses you in the future, she still has to come to Dazheng Palace in person. This is not in line with what you have learned."

Just be polite."

"...Please understand, Queen Mother, it's not that Fusu doesn't want to leave Dazheng Palace. It's that once Fusu leaves, hundreds of thousands of prisoners in Lishan Mountain in the distance and dozens of eunuchs and maids in Dazheng Palace nearby will all be lost because of Fusu.
To be continued...